The Bills addressed their edge defender position in free agency, but CBS Sports doesn’t think they’ve done enough there.
The Bills addressed their edge defender position in free agency, but CBS Sports doesn’t think they’ve done enough there.
The outlet pegged every NFL team’s biggest remaining need as the 2020 NFL Draft approaches, and that’s what was labeled as the Bills’ need. Here’s why:
Buffalo Bills: Edge rusher
They signed Mario Addison to go with Jerry Hughes, but they are 32 and 33, respectively. They need a young, explosive edge player to add to the group. Corner and backup running back are also needed.
A case can be made for all three spots, but the analysis of the Bills’ defensive end group is spot on. Along with Addison and Hughes, Trent Murphy is also 29 and has underwhelmed in his Bills career. After the 2020 season, Buffalo’s outlook at the position isn’t the prettiest.
While the Bills do not have a first-round pick at the upcoming draft anymore thanks to their trade for wide receiver Stefon Diggs, in Round 2, there’s certainly going to be options there to find an edge defender. Buffalo’s selection is No. 54 overall in the second round.
On cornerback, the Bills don’t have the biggest need there because of the additions of EJ Gaines and Josh Norman via free agency, but with their health and consistency issues in recent years, it would not be surprising if Buffalo added a cornerback at the draft. Instead of labeling Buffalo’s running back need as “backup” to Devin Singletary, they could instead use a complementary back, someone who could potentially take the load from Singletary in certain games depending on opponent.
How much would it cost the Houston Texans to give QB Deshaun Watson a contract extension? CBS Sports says somewhere in the $200 million range.
The Houston Texans have two big contract extensions on the horizon with left tackle Laremy Tunsil and quarterback Deshaun Watson.
While Tunsil is set to enter the final year of his contract, the Texans technically are about to enter their last year with Watson. However, if Houston chooses to exercise their fifth-year option, they will have the two-time Pro Bowler under contract through the 2021 season.
It kicks the can down the road, avoiding the inevitable: how much would it cost to extend Watson? What is his price tag?
Cody Benjamin from CBS Sports was writing about a Watson-to-Patriots trade scenario, but he actually dropped in some interesting information on the price tag for Watson’s contract extension that seems more realistic than the Texans parting ways with their 2017 first-round pick.
The biggest holdup for New England might not even be trade compensation, but rather Watson’s inevitable future contract. Asked about the Texans QB’s long-term value, one NFL source assured CBS Sports that Watson is more than a $100 million investment: “If Patrick Mahomes gets $250 million with $150 million guaranteed,” the source said, “Watson gets $200 million with $130 million guaranteed,” meaning the Pats could ultimately be on the hook for an average annual salary of between $40 and $50 million.
The $200 million threshold fits in with what the Chiefs Wire has reported regarding an extension of Mahomes, who, like Watson, is a former 2017 first-round pick and his club can keep him under contract through 2021 on his rookie deal.
Currently, according to Over The Cap, the Texans’ salary cap is $34.9 million, the second-highest cap space in the NFL. Houston is on the hook for $4.4 million of Watson’s contract in 2020. If the Texans were to exercise the fifth-year option, Watson’s 2021 contract would be fully guaranteed.
The challenge for coach and general manager Bill O’Brien will be rewarding Watson for his due contract extension while at the same time having money left over to surround him with a winning supporting cast.
In CBS Sports’ latest three-round mock draft, the Bills use those two picks to select defensive end Josh Uche and safety Kyle Dugger.
The Bills no longer have pick No. 22 at the 2020 NFL Draft, but there’s still picks 54 and 86 to consider. Those two selections in the second and third rounds, respectively, could land the team some impact players.
In CBS Sports‘ latest three-round mock draft, the Bills use those to select defensive end Josh Uche and safety Kyle Dugger.
Here’s the breakdown on Uche:
The Bills lost Shaq Lawson in free agency and signed Mario Addison, but Uche provides even more edge rush presence for a talented defense.
And on Dugger:
Dugger is a small-schooler who brings versatility to the table, and he should fit in well on Sean McDermott’s defense.
Bills Wire previously reported that Uche met with the Bills at the recent Senior Bowl, so to some extent, there’s interest. Buffalo did add plenty to their defensive line via free agency with defensive end Mario Addison highlighting that overhaul. But Addison is 32 and Jerry Hughes in 31. Buffalo needs some youthful depth there so defensive end is certainly in play with their second-round pick.
In 12 games last season, Uche had 7.6 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss for the Wolverines. He also forced a fumble and had a pass defended with 33 total tackles.
At about 6-foot-2, Uche is a tad undersized for potentially playing as a defensive end in Buffalo’s 4-3 defensive scheme. According to Pro Football Focus, Uche did play 170 of his 470 defensive snaps this season off the ball, though. So he has experience with his hand on and off the ground.
The Bills also need a replacement for linebacker Lorenzo Alexander next season thanks to his retirement and PFF notes that “a move off-ball could be in his future.”
Dugger is a product of Lenoir-Rhyne, a DII program. With a name like that which you haven’t heard much of, Dugger would be very much a raw talent. But from the sounds of it, a hybrid linebacker-safety sounds much like Matt Milano. The current Bills linebacker is certainly a playmaker, but could Dugger also find his way to fill in for Lorenzo Alexander in a nickel-type role?
Regardless of whoever replaces Alexander, both Uche and Dugger being compared to Alexander would give the Bills versatility on defense, something the club covets all over their roster.
One day after signing a nine-year extension of its PGA Tour rights deal, McManus discusses the deal, the future of golf on TV, and much, much more.
CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus, 65, is fresh off negotiating a nine-year extension for “the Eye” to retain its role as the primary broadcaster for network coverage of the PGA Tour. Here is an abridged version of an exclusive interview he conducted with Golfweek discussing the deal and the future of golf on TV.
Let’s start with a bit of a softball. What do you think your dad, legendary ABC Sports broadcaster Jim McKay, would make of this deal?
SEAN McMANUS: Well, he loved golf, so he would have loved the longevity of it. There wasn’t a sport that my dad enjoyed covering more than golf, that’s for sure.
Q. How do you think this deal is going to enhance the fan experience?
SM: You know, I think we’ll continue to put more facilities against the broadcast portion of the deal, but the coverage won’t look all that dramatically different than what it is now on CBS or NBC. I think the digital offerings are going to be much more robust and interesting on the ESPN+ platform, and I think we’ll continue to work with the Tour and our production team to improve coverage, obviously. But I don’t see drastic differences in the broadcast component. I think most of the new offerings will come from the digital side of the deal.
Q. How much interest did CBS have in the streaming rights that went to Disney and ESPN+?
SM: We were focused primarily on the broadcast rights, to be honest with you. That was our main priority, and the interest in the other platforms was really secondary. We did not pursue those aggressively.
Q. With Tiger cutting back, CBS certainly demonstrated a lot of confidence in the PGA Tour by investing in a nine‑year extension. With his career potentially winding down, any concerns about paying so much money for the rights?
SM: Not really. The deal didn’t anticipate Tiger being a major factor in the coming years. If he is – and listen, we hope he is, that would be terrific – but the numbers aren’t based on the “Tiger effect,” and you know I think that the way the underpinning works with the PGA Tour, they deliver between 60 and 70 percent of all the commercial inventory through the title sponsors and the FedEx contributions. We pretty much know what the majority of our revenue is going to be each and every year, and that just helps to tighten up the overall marketplace for our other category.
I think the deal is a reasonable one for us. It’s a significant increase, but it makes a lot of sense financially for both CBS and for the Tour. So we’re very happy with the finances.
Sean McManus Chairman CBS Sports Photo: John P. Filo/CBS.
Q. Do you think it was smart what the Tour did moving things up ahead of NFL contracts and negotiate first?
SM: Yeah, I’m not sure how much it related to the NFL, but I think the timing right now is good. The golf marketplace is really strong. The image of the sport and the perception of the sport is really strong. So I think the timing was good. I’m not sure how it necessarily relates to the NFL, but I think getting it done when the economy is as strong as it is, and as I said, the advertising marketplace for golf is as strong as it is, I think the timing was good that the Tour established.
Q. This week the Tour and NBC are trying to show every shot live. How far are we away from the ability to do that on a week‑to‑week basis?
SM: I think it’s pretty close. As you know, we did it extremely successfully for the first time at Augusta National, and the results and the reaction were incredibly positive. I think the Tour is committed to getting it done pretty quickly. You’d have to ask them what the exact timetable is, but I think we all understand the technology now. We all understand the value of it. So, I would think it would be part of the regular offering sooner than later, but an exact timetable would have to come from the PGA Tour.
Q. What was your initial reaction to the Tour wanting to have more of an Olympic‑style production where they’re overseeing things?
SM: I think it’s fine. You have to remember that it’s going to be our production team and our talent. So I think that obviously gives us some comfort. But I think, listen, the Tour understands that they need to work really closely with all of the media partners, so I’m very comfortable with it.
I think they’re going to take our guidance and work with us, but I think to serve as many platforms and as many different feeds as they need to, I think it probably makes sense for the Tour to have a larger role in how those feeds are gathered and how they are produced and how they are distributed around the world.
Q. You retained a lot of the traditional golf properties, plus now you’re going to be alternating years on the three-event FedExCup Playoffs with NBC. Do you think that can lead to greater prominence for the Playoffs?
SM: I think it’s a really good idea for the Playoffs. We enjoyed obviously doing the Northern Trust every year, but to have the final two events on one network and the first event on another, I think probably didn’t make a lot of sense, I think, from a promotional standpoint and a branding standpoint, having one network be able to produce and promote, more importantly, all three, I think it’s easier on the viewer. He’ll know where the events are. So I think it’s a really good idea, and to develop the story lines that you want to develop throughout the Playoffs I think is easier for one broadcaster to do than if two are involved in that storytelling and production and promotion.
Q. Will you make any efforts to encourage the Tour Championship to be played on the West Coast when you’re airing it?
SM: Hadn’t really considered that. I think it would be fine if they did. As you know, we’re airing the PGA Championship in primetime this May, so if the Tour Championship moved to the West Coast, I think we’d certainly have discussions about the possibility of doing that in primetime, and I think the West Coast has proved to be a really good venue for numerous major championships. So I would look favorably upon that, sure. We haven’t had discussions with the Tour about that specifically, but I would look upon that favorably, sure.
What is your comfort level and how soon do you think we may see more gaming and use of some of the technology and richer data to support people that are interested in the ability to bet on sports legally?
SM: Yep, I think it’s going to continue to evolve. I think you’ll see more interest in it from the viewers and from the fans. I can’t answer right now how much we’ll integrate it into the broadcast because you have to really be careful. There’s a fine line between supplying some interesting statistics and data that the viewer enjoys. There’s a fine line between that and overburdening the telecast with statistics and gambling information that people who aren’t gambling find intrusive. So I think we need to find that sweet spot on golf and in all sports.
But I think it’s only going to increase the interest in golf, and I think we need to do it in a progressive way that makes sense that doesn’t over-clutter the broadcast with meaningless information.
Q. With the extension that you just had also with Tony Romo and his contract and his growing role in the game of golf, will we occasionally see him on golf telecasts?
SM: No plans right now to have Tony involved. I think Tony wants to play golf more than commentate on golf. But no, there’s nothing in Tony’s deal that talks about him doing golf, and we actually have not had a conversation with him about that, so I would not expect to see that during the term of this deal.
Q. When you played with Jay Monahan last month at TPC Sawgrass, how did you do on the par-3 17th?
SM: I actually parred 17. I hit a shot a little bit long on the left‑hand side. The pin was not far from where it is on Sunday of the Players, and I two‑putted for my par. I must tell you, though, in full disclosure, my non‑pars outweigh my pars on 17.
Q. You’re not alone there.
SM: Yeah, exactly.
Q. What do you feel is the best thing that you were able to gain at the negotiating table in this new deal?
SM: I think protecting the important events on the CBS calendar was a really high priority of ours starting with the West Coast Swing and the other tournaments we have. We wanted to protect our position as the primary broadcast carrier for the PGA Tour. That was important. Obviously the continued support of the title sponsors and of FedEx underpinning were important for us. So those were really the two main priorities. From the time we go off the air at the Final Four until the time we come back on with college football and NFL football, PGA Tour golf and the Masters and the PGA Championship, that’s our primary programming staple, the sport of golf, and the PGA Tour obviously is an incredibly important part of that. So it was really important that we kept the same number of events and the same quality of events that we were able to maintain with the Tour.
Q. Nine years, is that a number that you were pushing for or more the Tour pushing for?
SM: You know, it really came from the Tour. We had said to them, the longer the deal, the better it is for us. And the Tour thought that nine years made sense. We obviously have two more years on the current deal. If they had wanted to go longer, we would certainly have gone longer, but I think nine, with the way the media landscape is changing almost on a daily basis, I think nine years is a good compromise between something even longer and something shorter because no one really knows what’s going to happen to the media landscape in the next 10, 11 years.
The good news is we work closely enough with the Tour, now increasingly more so on production, increasingly more so on sponsorship sales, increasingly more so on promotion, increasingly more so on distribution, that I’m comfortable that there are enough elements in the new deal that protect any new technology that might come along, and a lot of that pertains to the deal they did with ESPN+, a lot of it deals with the auxiliary feeds that we’re doing like the featured groups and the featured holes. So it’s a long‑term deal which gives us security, but I know the Tour is also intent on making sure that we and the other partners really keep up with all the new technology and the different ways of distributing their product, and every shot, every hole is certainly a manifestation of that.
Q. There’s been a lot of talk about the Premier Golf League as an upstart. If that takes flight and 48 of the top players decide to do this, is there some ‘out’ of the deal? Are you protected in any way?
SM: You know, I really can’t get into that, unfortunately, to be honest with you. I would say on the record that there’s no doubt in my mind that the PGA Tour is going to remain the premier golf tour in America and indeed around the world.
Q. How much of an influence did the PGA Tour have in some of the on‑air commentator decisions that you made during the off‑season?
SM: Really none. Those were decisions that we made. We informed the Tour of the decisions, but those were CBS decisions that we made on our own.
Q. With CBS having to pay significantly more in rights fees, should viewers be concerned that you’re going to have to add additional sponsorship and promotional elements to make up that difference?
SM: Definitely not. In fact, we have regular conversations with the Tour about eliminating some of the clutter, so I would say if anything you’re going to see fewer interruptions than more. We’re going to continue to try to do more CBS Eye on the Course, the double box, so you don’t miss live golf action. We and NBC, although sometimes we get criticized, we and NBC run basically the same commercial load. You will not see that expanding in this deal, and if anything we’re going to try to reduce the clutter a little bit. We’ve already reduced the amount of on‑air promotions we do for other programs, and I think we and the Tour are really cognizant of the fact that you want to show as much golf as you possibly can, and the two box is one way to do that, and less clutter is another way to do it. But no, there’s not going to be increased sponsorship or increased commercial inventory in the new deal.
Q. Even though Augusta National has said they’re monitoring coronavirus, now that we’ve seen at least one big event canceled, Indian Wells tennis, can you imagine a Masters without patrons and just maybe members allowed in the gallery or something to that effect?
SM: You know, I can imagine anything. I think it would be very interesting to watch that way. It would have certainly a different feel. But I think the primary draw at the Masters is the golf course and the competition on that golf course, and that theoretically wouldn’t change if there were no patrons. You know, that’s a decision that people at Augusta National will make, and we’ll be there to cover it in whatever form that it takes place.
NBC and CBS maintain weekend coverage of most tournaments, with Golf Channel providing early-round and early-weekend action.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Amid the latest debate concerning distance in golf, the PGA Tour has delivered one of the most powerful displays both in scope and length in the game.
Culminating negotiations that began in late 2016, the Tour announced Monday a new nine-year domestic media rights portfolio that expands its reach across television, streaming and emerging technologies.
The agreement beginning in 2022 includes existing partners ViacomCBS and the Comcast/NBC Sports Group and a new relationship with Disney and ESPN+. The deals unite with the Tour’s $2 billion deal with Discovery signed in 2018 for the organization’s digital rights outside of the U.S. through 2030.
Through the decade, the deals ensure stability, substantial purse increases, a larger charitable arm and an opportunity to broaden golf’s audience, and they allow for increased investment in production, personnel and technology, according to the Tour.
“We are extremely well positioned to serve our growing fan base with our incredible set of athletes for the next decade,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said at the Tour’s headquarters at TPC Sawgrass, home to this week’s Players Championship. “To know that we’re with CBS, NBC, Disney and Discovery, it’s extremely gratifying. And it’s a reflection on our athletes, our tournaments, our fans, our sponsors.”
The Tour would not disclose financial details of the new deals. Sports Business Journal reported in December that the TV rights alone would increase to $700 million from $400 million a year. The current deals expire in 2021.
“There’s a tendency when you get into deals like this to focus on the financial outcomes, but really when you think about how fast the world is changing, you are trying to see where it’s going to be and where you want the fans to be,” Monahan said. “With the commitments we have, it allows you to plan, allows you to spend your time on thinking longer term, operating longer term, and it allows you to continuously think about improving.
“When you’re in shorter-term deals, typically, when you’ve completed them, you’re working on the next one. Now we are going to have stability and the strength of time.”
NBC and CBS maintain weekend coverage of most FedEx Cup tournaments, with CBS averaging 19 events and NBC eight events each season. The networks will alternate coverage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and Tour Championship, with NBC broadcasting five years of the postseason and CBS four.
NBC will continue as the Tour’s cable partner, with Golf Channel providing early-round coverage and early-weekend coverage of every FedEx Cup event, along with PGA Tour Champions and Korn Ferry Tour events.
In a major addition, the new deal will put PGA Tour Live – the subscription video service launched in 2015 – on ESPN+, which has a current reach of 7.6 million subscribers, with projections reaching 12 million by 2022.
PGA Tour LIVE on ESPN+ will air more than 4,000 hours of live streaming coverage annually. It also will feature on-demand replays of PGA Tour events, original golf programming and edited speed round recaps.
Per the arrangement, ESPN+ subscribers will not see an increase in cost with golf’s addition. Current PGA Tour Live subscribers will need to move to ESPN+, where they also will be able to call up 12,000 other live sporting events.
“When we enter into this new deal with ESPN+, there is this element of being inside that sports ecosystem and the reach of that that is going to be as strong a direct-to-consumer model as you are going to find,” Monahan said. “For (Disney) to get behind the PGA Tour and our athletes and tournaments going forward is huge. We are going to diversify our audience, reach a younger segment of viewers, and add 52 million uniques to the promotion of our tournaments and our Tour.”
Under the new agreements, the PGA Tour will assume responsibility of the onsite production area and technical infrastructure, with CBS and NBC still using their own production and announce teams.
The LPGA will benefit from the new agreements, as well. The PGA Tour, negotiating on behalf of the LPGA, secured an extension of the LPGA/Golf Channel partnership through 2030, with programming set to include a season preview, season review and a show on the Road to the CME Group Tour Championship, the tour’s season-ending event. Golf Channel also will provide programming for the Symetra Tour each year.
In addition, LPGA commissioner Michael Whan said at least 10-plus tournaments will be broadcast each year on CBS and NBC, including the Solheim Cup. The tour has aired from four to six events on network TV.
“We just need to give our fans, and the ones who aren’t our fans yet, a steady diet of bumping into us, and that’s what network TV give us,” Whan said.
Whan also said the new deals will allow the LPGA to pursue a broader digital platform.
“We’ve never really had the ability, or the ownership, quite frankly, to pursue how we could deliver to both the U.S. and global audience an even greater amount of coverage in terms of a digital platform,” Whan said. “Our tournaments are going to see a difference in terms of the production, the promotion, the marketing support of their events. These are all things that have not been a part of our regular diet.”
CBS Sports tried to sign Peyton Manning to a contract before it re-signed Tony Romo, per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Tony Romo signing with CBS has not ended the stunning news cycle around the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned NFL analyst. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, who broke the story of Romo’s mega-millions deal Friday, has dropped another news bomb:
In the midst of the Romo talks, CBS offered Manning a contract that is believed to be in the range of $10 million to $12 million a year for five or six seasons, according to sources. Manning, as is his style, was not quick to decide.
With Manning not biting and with a Super Bowl on CBS next year, as well as forthcoming negotiations for a new NFL TV contract, CBS went all-in on Romo, whom they very much wanted to keep.
This prevented ESPN from making its planned 10-year, $140 million offer, according to sources. If Romo had hit the open market, maybe ESPN would have bid higher.
NEWS ….
CBS tried to hire Peyton Manning before making Tony Romo the $180 million NFL TV analyst, The Post has learned.https://t.co/sYeCsOhWr1
Buffalo Bills select Penn State’s Yetur Gross-Matos in CBS Sports mock draft following 2020 NFL Draft.
In CBS Sports‘ recent mock draft following the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, the Bills decide to pass on some wide receiver prospects that fall in order to take Penn State defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos.
Wideouts Tee Higgins and Justin Jefferson are among the receivers the Bills pass on in favor of the third pass rusher off the board in Gross-Matos.
Here’s how CBS Sports breaks down the pick:
Gross-Matos is a high-upside edge rusher who has yet to scratch the surface on his potential. The Bills have needs at WR too, and they just missed out on Ruggs, but the class is so deep that they can find weapons later in the draft. Also: Jerry Hughes is 31, Shaq Lawson’s contract is up and Trent Murphy’s contract is set to expire after next season.
As mentioned, there will certainly be a place for a first-round pass rusher in the Bills defense. The secondary has carried that side of the ball since head coach Sean McDermott took over in Buffalo, and it’s about time the defensive line caught up. Gross-Matos did not run the 40-yard dash at the combine, but he did have a solid 34-inch vertical jump. Often times many of the first-round prospects don’t want to hurt their draft stock, so they’ll skip an event or two. In that light, his 21 bench press reps for a defensive lineman wasn’t very impressive.
At Penn State last season, he led the team with 9.5 sacks. Gross-Matos is considered one of the more underrated first-round prospects at the upcoming draft. He certainly has the stature for the position at 6-foot-5 and 260-plus pounds.
CBS Sports has the Jets trading up to No. 8 for Louisville offensive lineman Mekhi Becton in their latest mock draft.
CBS Sports’ latest mock draft has the Jets moving up and selecting a big body to protect Sam Darnold.
Josh Edwards of CBS Sports has the Jets making a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for the eighth overall pick in the draft. Edwards has the Jets trading the 11th pick and a 2020 third-round pick in order to move up for Louisville offensive lineman Mekhi Becton.
Here is Edwards’ explanation for the move:
New York looks at the teams sitting 8-9-10 and decides they should nab one of those offensive tackles before a run occurs. Becton is off the board in exchange for No. 11 overall and a 2020 third-round pick. They have two third-round picks following an in-season trade of Leonard Williams.
With as many needs as the Jets have, it’s hard to see them trading away assets to move up a couple of spots in the draft. The Jets wil likely need an offensive lineman in the draft, but they don’t need to trade up to get one. This draft is full of offensive lineman that all have a similar skill sets.
Becton is ranked fourth at his position by CBS Sports and 16th overall.
Becton can play either tackle position and is a force in the running game. The major concern with Becton is his weight (369 pounds), which affects his abilities in pass protection. However, that’s something that can be lowered when he enters an NFL training facility. If he can lower his weight, it’ll allow him to be quicker on his feet.
The Los Angeles Chargers move up to get the most polarizing quarterback in this year’s draft class.
With the Chargers needing to find Philip Rivers’ replacement now that it’s official he won’t be back with the franchise, they might have to take the leap to get their guy in this year’s draft (should they choose this route rather than via free agency or trade).
That’s what happens in CBS Sports’ latest mock draft, as the Bolts trade up three spots with the Lions where they snagged former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with the No. 3 overall selection.
The Chargers not only take their replacement for Philip Rivers, but they get a name that might make people in Los Angeles care about the Chargers. L.A. sends Detroit the No. 6, No. 71 and a 2021 2nd round pick to move up three spots to take Tua before the Dolphins can.
Currently sitting with the No. 6 overall selection, you’d think that Los Angeles is in a prime position to draft a quarterback.
But since there is one team ahead of them in the Dolphins and a slew of other teams behind them that could be in the market for a signal-caller, they might have to take the gamble to draft who they are banking on being their face of the franchise for the next decade, whether that’s Tua or Oregon’s Justin Herbert.
In this case, the Chargers give up this year’s first-round, third-round selection and a 2021 second-round pick to select Tagovailoa.
Tagovailoa could benefit from being on a team like Los Angeles because he wouldn’t have to start Year 1 since Tyrod Taylor would likely be the starter in 2020, giving Tua enough time to sit and rehab back to full health for the 2021 season where he could then take the reins.
If he remains healthy, the Chargers will have a quarterback that could produce positive results on a yearly basis. Tua has an excellent feel for the game, thriving with his instincts, processing skills and vision where he’s one of the best in this class when under pressure. He’s accurate and is capable of making all the throws, inside or outside the structure.
Harold Varner III was tied for the lead during Sunday’s final round of the Genesis Open in Los Angeles when he hit one of the worst drives on the iconic 10th hole that you’ll ever see a professional golfer hit, especially one who was in FIRST PLACE.
Well, actually, nobody even got to see that tee shot because CBS – whose golf broadcasts continue to be a dreadful experience for golf fans who choose to sit through them – didn’t show it.
Varner, who’s playing the second-to-last group, topped a 3-wood on the par-4 10th hole. When coverage went to his second shot they asked if he had laid up but the on-course reporter said no, that he had topped it and now faced a long shot into the hole.
Nantz: "Let's go t othe 10th."
Nobilo: "Correct me if I'm wrong, that is a layup for Varner."
Immelman: "It was actually a 3-wood that he topped."
Hmmm if only we could unearth video of this somehow.
Fans were rightly furious that CBS wouldn’t show such a bad shot that was also such a pivotal shot in a tournament. It’s a huge part of the storyline of a tournament and there’s no video of it? On one of the most iconic holes in all of golf and you can’t show it?
They didn’t even show a replay of it!
Twitter blasted CBS:
wait wait wait wait wait…
Did they just say the leader TOPPED a 3-wood on the iconic 10th hole rather than actually showing it!?!?!?!?!
So Varner cold topped a 3wood on the world famous 10th hole in the final group and there’s no video of it. The people deserve to see this, CBS. It’s one of the few things we have in common with the pros! pic.twitter.com/wNGXCF12fh
Harold Varner just topped a 3 wood and had over 150 into #10. Anyone got this on video because @CBS has terrible coverage? Cc: @NoLayingUp@TronCarterNLU@DJPie
The leader cold-topped it to start the back nine of the league's premiere non-major event and they showed Kuchar's two-footer for par and cut to commercial
